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American, British forces carry out large-scale strikes on Houthis in Yemen

"American,. British..."

the earlier quote from 

Dmitry Medvedev

Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.)

Theres

your three sites with Hypersonics pointed at them right there.

"The security of Washington, London, and Brussels is much more important for the North Atlantic alliance than the fate of a dying Ukraine, which no one needs,” wrote Medvedev, who is now deputy head of Russia’s security council. “Overseas and European demagogues are not going to perish in a nuclear apocalypse,” he added. “Therefore, they will swallow the use of any weapon in the current conflict.

(US, the Brits and NATO HQ are gonna get hit, matter of time.)

"The U.S. and U.K. conducted large-scale air and missile strikes on Houthi rebel facilities across Yemen on Monday, according to a joint statement, stepping up operations against the militant group as it vows to continue attacking ships in the Red Sea."

"The U.S. and U.K. militaries, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada and the Netherlands, hit eight Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the Houthis’ continued attacks, according to a joint statement from the countries involved."

"The joint strikes targeted a Houthi underground storage site and targets connected to the Houthis’ missile and air surveillance capabilities, according to the statement. The underground bunker contained more advanced weapons than the facilities targeted in the coalition’s initial strikes this month, according to a senior military official, who like others interviewed for this story was granted anonymity to speak about sensitive operational details."

(Brings up an interesting question:

Why didnt they hit the underground storage site earlier?

Boots on the ground already finding out 

where these sites are located perhaps?

Special Ops etc?)

“Our aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea,” the statement said, “but let us reiterate our warning to Houthi leadership: we will not hesitate to defend lives and the free flow of commerce in one of the world’s most critical waterways in the face of continued threats.”

(“Our aim remains to de-escalate tensions and restore stability in the Red Sea,” 

It simply will not happen.)

However, the official acknowledged that Houthi attacks could continue. While the U.S. assesses the recent strikes have “removed significant Houthi capability, that does not mean they have no more capability,” the official said.

"This is the second time U.S. and U.K. forces have conducted joint air and missile strikes on the Houthis in Yemen since the group began attacking international shipping in November. The two militaries, with support from Australia, the Netherlands, Canada and Bahrain launched strikes for the first time on Jan. 11, after the Houthis ignored weeks of warnings by Washington and its allies to stop the attacks. That strike targeted Houthi coastal and air surveillance radars, as well as storage facilities."

"Since Jan. 11, the U.S. military has launched multiple rounds of smaller-scale strikes against the “imminent threat” from Houthi anti-ship missile sites that were preparing to fire against international shipping over the past week, according to the Pentagon. But those strikes have failed to deter the militants from continuing to attack commercial vessels transiting the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden."

(Nothing, short of a full scale invasion, which  triggers WW3, is gonna stop this.

Nothing.)

"Since Nov. 19, Houthi rebels have launched attacks on at least 33 commercial vessels using a range of weapons, including cruise and ballistic missiles, drones and rockets, according to a senior DOD official. The threat to shipping in one of the world’s most vital trade arteries has had a significant impact on the global economy, leading more than 14 shipping companies to halt Red Sea operations."

"The Houthis have in recent days started directly targeting U.S. commercial ships and warships, including a Jan. 14 attack on the destroyer USS Laboon, said the senior DOD official."

(Like I said.

Aint gonna stop it.

You have no idea about these guys.

You'll have to kill every last one of them.

Full scale invasion = WW3.

So wat to do?)

"President Joe Biden and his top aides have repeatedly said strikes on Houthi targets alone won’t stop the Iran-backed militants from threatening commercial ships in the Middle East.

When asked by a reporter last week if the airstrikes were working, Biden responded “Well, when you say ‘working,’ are they stopping the Houthis? No. Are they going to continue? Yes.”

Administration officials say it could take weeks, maybe months, to apply the necessary military, economic and diplomatic pressure to force the Houthis to change course."

Last link follows:

How to stop the Houthis

The Biden administration acknowledged attacks on the Houthis won’t by themselves stop the Iran-backed militants from threatening commercial ships in the Middle East. Which leads to the obvious question: what will stop the Houthis?

This is what President JOE BIDEN and his team are working through right now, per NatSec Daily’s conversations with U.S. officials. Their current thinking: there’s no single thing that will pressure the militants to cease launching missiles. It will require a combination of factors over weeks — maybe months — including at least a slowdown in fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

A senior administration official laid it out as follows. The U.S. attacks on Houthi targets will degrade the militants’ abilities to keep shooting at ships, as will the interdiction of vessels carrying weapons to Yemen. Last week’s redesignation of the Houthis as terrorists will increase the sanctions pressure on them, starving fighters of the resources that bankroll operations.

(Yeah cause sanctions have such a great track record of working.

Right...)

Eventually, the official continued, regional countries and other nations with an interest in open sea lanes — China, for example — will demand an end to the shipping crisis that has inflated prices and imperiled lives. 

(Oh yeah Chinas going to help us...right...)

Meanwhile, Israel’s plan for more targeted operations in Gaza could mean fewer civilian casualties, which would weaken the Houthis’ case for rising to the Palestinians’ defense. An end to the war would remove that rallying cry.

But even if all those various elements lined up, it’s still not clear the strategic picture the Houthis care about will shift radically enough for a course correction.

(It wont.

Count on it.)

“The Houthis see these strikes as serving their most central interest, which is gaining domestic and international legitimacy,” texted LINDSAY COHN, a national security affairs professor at the U.S. Naval War College. “In order to stop them, the U.S. would either have to impose a cost the Houthis cared about more than this aim (essentially impossible), or they would have to remove the logic of the strikes, by restraining Israel and championing the Palestinians, themselves.”

(Seems likely?

You already know the answer.)

The Middle East Institute’s CHARLES LISTER put it more succinctly: 

“There’s no denying the lack of strategic clarity right now.”

No one inside the administration argues any of this will get done quickly, which means the Houthi crisis is likely to last longer than anyone would like.

(But inflation is over, yippie!

sarcasm BTW

Its going to get worse.)

“They have no magic fix,” said AARON DAVID MILLER, a former Middle East peace negotiator who was briefed last week on the anti-Houthi plan by the White House. “Often the choice is not between a great and a bad option. It’s between a bad option and one that’s worse.”

(Thats kinda what I been sayin yo.

I look like a

" former Middle East peace negotiator 

who was briefed last week 

on the anti-Houthi plan by the White House"

to you?

The longer this all goes on, the higher the chance of the Houthis killing Americans on a commercial ship or Iran-backed proxies killing American forces in Iraq and Syria. At that point, Miller argued, the U.S. will “have no choice” but to strike Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Tehran’s assets in the Gulf or targets inside Iran proper.

100% agreed.

And we will be giving them just what they want.

Pretext for WW3.